Effect of feeding some West African browse foliages on growth and carcass composition in sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1243-1252

  Ouédraogo Koné, Salifou ^a   Kaboré Zoungrana, Chantal Y ^a   Ledin, Inger ^b  

^a Université Nazi Boni   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Carcass yield; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MALE; MELIACEAE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PTEROCARPUS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FABACEAE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELIACEAE; PTEROCARPUS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFZELIA AFRICANA; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; KHAYA SENEGALENSIS; MICROPUS; OVIS ARIES; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350324542     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9307-x     Document Type: Article

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